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European Railroad Discussion > New bicycle for gobbl3gookDate: 09/14/21 11:53 New bicycle for gobbl3gook Author: petmew In the summer of 2013 my son and I took a train trip from Warsaw, Poland, to Vilnius, Lithuania.
In Suwalki we spotted this thing: https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/1579000/IMG_6799_6140ece3e6982.jpg Closer by: https://cdn.trainorders.com/attachments/thumbs/1579000/IMG_6800_6140eceba9a54.jpg Perhaps a suggestion, Ted? ;-) Date: 09/15/21 00:13 Re: New bicycle for gobbl3gook Author: gobbl3gook Cool! Jealous! Maybe I could make a removable attachment!
What was the routing into Lithuania? Direct from Suwaki to Kaunas? I did that route in 2016, but I thought it had only recently been developed for passenger service. It only had trains on weekends. https://www.openrailwaymap.org/?style=standard&lat=54.456468365360344&lon=23.619232177734375&zoom=9 In the Soviet era the mainlines from Poland to Lithuania went through either Kallingrad Province or Belarus. And after Poland and Lithuania both joined the EU, it made sense to develop a passenger rail line between them. I'm not sure if any of the route was new construction, or how far the European standard gauge track extended into Lithuania previously. But when I was there it was a European standard gauge line all the way from Kaunas to Suwalki. It will be exciting once Rail Baltica gets built, and you will be able to take a single train from Warsaw to Tallinn, via Suwalki - Kaunas - Riga! https://info.railbaltica.org/en/interactive-map https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_Baltica Ted in OR Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/15/21 15:49 by gobbl3gook. Date: 12/09/21 12:33 Re: New bicycle for gobbl3gook Author: petmew Sorry Ted, I missed your question.
If my memory serves me well, we changed trains in Šeštokai. And again in Kaunas. |